In our time, writers are people with a rich imagination or with non-standard life experience. Irwin Welch wrote his novels based on the events of the processes in which he took part. This is why his books are valuable.
Foreword to destiny
Irwin Welch was born on September 27, 1958 in a working class family. Parents lived in one of the districts of the famous Edinburgh. My father worked as a docker in a nearby port. Mother worked as a waitress in a cafe. The child grew up and formed in an atmosphere of austerity and asceticism. The earnings were barely enough for food and clothing. It is important to note that many families in the area lived this way. Irwin graduated from high school and received a degree in electrical engineering. He did not dream of becoming a pilot or a sailor.
When Welch turned twenty, he moved to London. The young provincial hoped to earn a lot of money, become famous and independent. Irwin was good at playing the guitar. This skill allowed him to easily "fit" into any vocal and instrumental group. It was in such a "team" that he first tried drugs. I tried and became addicted to heroin. The consequences of addiction are not hard to imagine.
Non-fictional plots
When the HIV epidemic swept across London and the surrounding area in the mid-1980s, almost all of Irwin's acquaintances and friends passed away. Not to say he was scared. It's just that the future writer looked at the events from a different point of view. He saw the reasons that made the life of his peers bright and short. Among the social shortcomings, Welsh named housing problems, unemployment, beggarly wages, promiscuous sex, drug addiction.
Irwin learned from his own experience how people who are "on a needle" live. Where he found the strength to change the current way of life is still unclear. Welch started out in the real estate business. Having gradually freed himself from drug addiction, he returned to his native Edinburgh with the firm intention of taking up writing. Irwin received his special education at the College of Information Technology and immediately began writing his first novel.
On the literary wave
In 1993, Trainspotting went on sale. To the surprise of the author himself, the book became a bestseller. As it turned out, millions of readers around the world show interest in the events described. This simple conclusion pushed Welch to further creativity. The next piece, "Nightmares of the Marabou Stork," hit bookstore shelves in 1995. And again the hype, confusion, success.
Films were made based on the works of Welch. The author himself wrote articles for newspapers and magazines. The biography of the writer is drawn to an independent work. Irwin talks sparingly about his personal life. It is known that a husband and wife have a home in America, where they spend most of their time. They have no children.
